Railway-tie.



.,VJ. a. BINTZ.

RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED APB. 1. 1907.

PATENTBD. DEG

inventan JACOB C. HINTZ, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Speeication of Letters Patent.

' Patented iieairgieoif..l

Application filed April l, 1907. Serial No. 365.849.

Tdi-fall whom it may concer-nf:

Be it known that I, JACOB C. Hninrz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, 'in the county of Erie and State of New,

stantial'biit yet lightties of metal having wooden blocks to which the rails maybe secured in the same manner as they are now secured to the ordinary wooden tie, and to so construct `said 'tie that the 'wooden blocks may be readily removed therefrom, but in which the Ablocks will be he'ldsecurely in po-` sition 'without the use of spikes or otherl v Letters Patent ofthe United States, is:

14A metallic railway tie comprising a similar fastening devices.

i Inthe drawing, l have illustrated my im-I proved tie in perspective'one of the wooden locks being removed and the other shown inf position withl a portion'of a -rail Iattached thereto.

' f erring now more particularly tothe drawing, 1 designates the base-'plate `.of the 2tie, which may be of the same width and length las the o rdinaryfwooden tie now in,

general use, vand of anydesired thickness. Formed ne reach end oi' the base-plate on the up er ide thereof, isa box or seat 2 open at bot ends, -saidboXes or Aseats being connected by a centrally-disposed web-portion 3, and having web-portions-4 at their outersides'. The seats or boxes havev their sidewalls formed converging upon their inner.

surfaces 'with overhanging beveled portions 5 at their upper edges, to receive wooden blocks 6 of correspendingV shape. `These blocks are held 'from vertical displacement by the .overhanging portions 5 of the seats, andfrom longitudinal displacement by setltingu'the tie so that the smaller ends of the seatsy are in the direction of travel of the train, whereby the tendency will be to forcev the-blocks forward and wedge them securely inthe seats. i 'Thus said blocks are securely held in the seats without/the use of spikes or other similar securing devices, and at the same time maybe quickly removed b driving them out by a blow on the Sina lends thereof, the boiresor'seats bein open at that end for this urpose. These b ocks act as a cushion' in t e same manner as an ordinary wooden tie. and yet at the same time alici-d 55 anattnihing surface to which the rails may basada-y spiked', einen may se quicki'y laid. i

. rail-su i easily replaced by removal frornthe seats and replacenient'bynew blocks. Further, these b the tie or otherwise rigidly secured thereto,

do not interfere with its contraction ander--A pansion. l l

Thetie/may be secured in a cement roadocls not being spiked tothe seats of bed or nsedwith the stone or other roadbed 'l whichrmay now be employed and held `just v as 'securely as the present wooden tie.

For use on a single track road, the tie may be formed with one of its seats having itsr smaller end disposed on one side thereof, and the other seat with its 'smaller end disposed on the opposite side of the tie.:

Having thus fully described my invention, what I clairnns new'and desire to secure by base, seats carried thereby having converg-v `ing side-walls, and wooden rail-supports t' ting in said seats.

v2.2A metallic railway rtie comprising af base, seats carried vthereby open at each end and having converging sidefwalls, and

wooden rail-supports fitting in said seats.

3. A metallic' railway v'tie comprising a. base, seats carried Vthereby open at both ends and having converging side-walls,'wooden orts 'fitting in saidseats, and means vcarrie y said seats for preventing vertical displacement of the rail-supports.

4. A" metallic railway tie comprising a base, seats carried thereby open'at both ends and having converging side-walls with over hanging upper portions, and fwooden railsupporting blocks fitting in said seats, the

bylthe travelgo the vtrain will wedge said .blocks'in the 'sea/ts.`

base-plate, seats or boxes formed at each end 'supporting blocksshaped to it said se'a-ts-. q 5.' A. metallic railway tie comprisinga base, seats carried thereby,and wooden rail- "ioo I6. A metallic railway tie comprising a y thereof open atboth ends and formed with converging' side-walls having over-hanging beveled u per portions, and wooden rail-supporting b ocks shaped to t in. said seats.

In testimonywhereofl aliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOBC. HEINTZ.l Witnesses.:

GEO. M. SHEIN'rz, Invno H. KURTZ. 

